Country Comparison > Obesity - adult prevalence rate > TOP 50

Rank	Country	Obesity - adult prevalence rate (%)
1	Nauru	61
2	Cook Islands	55.9
3	Palau	55.3
4	Marshall Islands	52.9
5	Tuvalu	51.6
6	Niue	50
7	Tonga	48.2
8	Samoa	47.3
9	Kiribati	46
10	Micronesia, Federated States of	45.8
11	Kuwait	37.9
12	United States	36.2
13	Jordan	35.5
14	Saudi Arabia	35.4
15	Qatar	35.1
16	Libya	32.5
17	Turkey	32.1
18	Egypt	32
19	Lebanon	32
20	United Arab Emirates	31.7
21	Bahamas, The	31.6
22	New Zealand	30.8
23	Iraq	30.4
24	Fiji	30.2
25	Bahrain	29.8
26	Canada	29.4
27	Australia	29
28	Malta	28.9
29	Mexico	28.9
30	Argentina	28.3
31	South Africa	28.3
32	Chile	28
33	Dominica	27.9
34	Uruguay	27.9
35	Syria	27.8
36	United Kingdom	27.8
37	Dominican Republic	27.6
38	Algeria	27.4
39	Oman	27
40	Tunisia	26.9
41	Hungary	26.4
42	Suriname	26.4
43	Lithuania	26.3
44	Israel	26.1
45	Morocco	26.1
46	Czech Republic	26
47	Iran	25.8
48	Costa Rica	25.7
49	Andorra	25.6
50	Venezuela	25.6

Definition: This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020